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Jordan Boeder2023/07/122 min read

The Rebrews Are in: Ranking the Best Beer Brands

The year 2023 marks the 500th anniversary of Reinheitsgebot, the German beer purity law, which mandates that beer is only to be made with four ingredients: malt, hops, yeast, and ...
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Cory Manento2023/05/171 min read

Work/Life Burnout

We’re taking time out of our busy schedule to demonstrate that nobody feels like they can take time out of their busy schedule. Burnout—the state of mental, physical, and/or ...
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Jordan Boeder2023/05/17< 1 min read

Bad Neighbors 3: Into the Amazon Box

Inspired by our reference to Mad-Al, Steve, a Trendlines subscriber, asked us to investigate what makes a bad neighbor. Coincidentally, the Gradient family finally moved into the ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/12/071 min read

Are Men Merely Steak-Eating, Whiskey-Drinking Woodworkers?

The role of gender in society raises many important questions: Why are ladies always being asked to throw their hands in the air like they just don’t care? Why are single-person ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/08/031 min read

Does the Fabric of the US Shrink in the Wash?

There are four types of people sewn into the fabric of America: those who wear matching socks and those who are just happy to find two clean socks; those who wear Gucci and those ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/07/071 min read

Are Tattoos Taboo?

For many Americans, tattoos demonstrate freedom and creativity. For others, tattoos are an expression of love: How else will the person they met on Tinder three weeks ago know ...
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Cory Manento2022/05/041 min read

Launch Twitter Into Space

Unless you live in a MySpace bubble, you’ve likely heard that Elon Musk has reached an agreement with Twitter to purchase the social media platform for $44 billion. Musk believes ...
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Jordan Boeder2022/04/211 min read

Contentment Is the Greatest Resource

For all the Gen Zs and Millennials who feel weighed down by crushing student debt, entry-level pay for skilled work, and a Tinder account that is surely broken (that last picture ...
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Sarah Binns2022/04/061 min read

Vampires Could Be Morning People Now

In late March the Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which proposes permanent daylight saving time (DST) starting in 2023. Couched as an economic incentive (more sunshine ...
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